योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-4

यथाक्रमं यथादेशं कुरु दुःखमदुःखितः ।
वाष्पक्रन्दादिपर्यन्तं द्वन्द्वयुक्तसुखानि च ॥ ४ ॥

yathākramaṃ yathādeśaṃ kuru duḥkhamaduḥkhitaḥ ,
vāṣpakrandādiparyantaṃ dvandvayuktasukhāni ca 4

4. yathākramam yathādeśam kuru duḥkham aduḥkhitaḥ
vāṣpa-krandā-ādi-paryantam dvandva-yukta-sukhāni ca

4. aduḥkhitaḥ yathākramam yathādeśam vāṣpa-krandā-ādi-paryantam
duḥkham ca dvandva-yukta-sukhāni (ca) kuru

4. Perform sorrow and lamentation, including tears and crying, as appropriate for the occasion and circumstances, but remain untroubled internally. And similarly, engage in the pleasures associated with dualities.

Words meanings summery:

• यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - in due order, appropriately, sequentially

• यथादेशम् (yathādeśam) - according to place, according to circumstances, suitably

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, pain, suffering

• अदुःखितः (aduḥkhitaḥ) - untroubled, unsuffering, not pained

• वाष्प-क्रन्दा-आदि-पर्यन्तम् (vāṣpa-krandā-ādi-paryantam) - up to and including tears and lamentation

• द्वन्द्व-युक्त-सुखानि (dvandva-yukta-sukhāni) - joys associated with dualities, pleasures connected with pairs of opposites

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - in due order, appropriately, sequentially

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound with 'yathā' (as, according to)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+krama)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• krama – step, order, sequence, method
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter ending -am).

यथादेशम् (yathādeśam) - according to place, according to circumstances, suitably

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound with 'yathā' (as, according to)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+deśa)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• deśa – place, region, country, appropriate context
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter ending -am).

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, pain, suffering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - pain, sorrow, suffering, misery

अदुःखितः (aduḥkhitaḥ) - untroubled, unsuffering, not pained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aduḥkhita

aduḥkhita - not pained, not sorrowful, untroubled, unaffected by misery

Past Passive Participle

Negation 'a-' of the Past Passive Participle 'duḥkhita' (pained, sorrowful), derived from the root 'duḥkh' (to suffer pain)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+duḥkhita)

• a – not, un-, non- (negation prefix)
  prefix
• duḥkhita – pained, sorrowful, distressed
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'duḥkh'
  Root: duḥkh (class 10)

वाष्प-क्रन्दा-आदि-पर्यन्तम् (vāṣpa-krandā-ādi-paryantam) - up to and including tears and lamentation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāṣpakrandādiparyanta

vāṣpakrandādiparyanta - extending to tears, crying, and so forth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāṣpa+kranda+ādi+paryanta)

• vāṣpa – tears, vapor, steam
  noun (masculine)
• kranda – crying, lamentation, weeping, wailing
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'krand' (to cry out, lament)
  Root: krand (class 1)
• ādi – and so forth, etc., beginning
  indeclinable/noun (masculine)
• paryanta – ending with, up to, till, inclusive of
  adjective/noun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From 'pari' (around) + 'anta' (end)
  Prefix: pari

द्वन्द्व-युक्त-सुखानि (dvandva-yukta-sukhāni) - joys associated with dualities, pleasures connected with pairs of opposites

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dvandvayuktasukha

dvandvayuktasukha - pleasures connected with or joined by dualities (pairs of opposites like joy/sorrow, heat/cold)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvandva+yukta+sukha)

• dvandva – pair, couple, duality, pair of opposites
  noun (neuter)
• yukta – joined, united, associated, connected
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'yuj' (to join)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• sukha – happiness, joy, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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